collocation - avenue, boulevard, highway street

Fill in with a suitable word in the context, based
on the above definitions:
When you go to New York, don’t forget to visit Fifth
.
We took a walk along Hollywood ______ to see
the stars.
Take the right before entering the city.
We need to buy a ____ map before visiting Italy by
car.
Just follow the __ left by people in the snow and
you won’t get lost.
If you follow the marked ___ you won’t get lost.
Which is the shortest to the library?
Be careful when you cross the __.
They will build a 5 ___ _____________ to ease
the traffic between the two cities.
Follow the signs and you will find the hotel
easily.
You shouldn’t walk alone on the ____ at this late
hour.
Get out of my ! I’m late already!
Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the sentences:
Could you tell me the to the bus-station, please?
a) avenue b) path c) way
The __ to their mansion was shadowed by oak trees.
a) avenue b) highway c) lane
The police chased the robbers for 2 hours on the ___.
a) highway b) track c) way
We went for a walk along the across the forest.
a) boulevard b) path c) street
You can see the museum at the end of the .

a) boulevard b) lane c) track
You forgot to indicate before changing ___.
a) lanes b) paths c) tracks
Take the main ___ when exiting the town.
a) path b) road c) street
Check if there’s any train coming before crossing the ___.
a) avenues b) paths c) tracks
Look at the words on the right. They are synonyms, but there
is a difference between them: they collocate differently.
For example, we can say cross the road or cross the street, but
we can not say cross the path or cross the track.
Now read the following dictionary entries of these words.
avenue boulevard highway lane
path road street track way
avenue /’ævə’nj
u’/ n 1 a street,
esp a wide one
lined with trees
or tall buildings
boulevard /’bu’lə
vɑː(r)d/ n 1 a wide
city street, often
with trees on each
side 2 (US) a
broad main road
highway /’haɪ
ˌweɪ/ n (esp US)
1 a main road,
usu connecting
large towns

lane /leɪn/ n 1 a narrow
road, esp in the country 2 a
street, esp a narrow one,
between buildings 3 any of
several sections of a wide
road, marked with white
broken lines and each
intended for a single line of
traffic
path /pɑːθ/ n
1 a way or
track made
for or by
people
walking
road /rəʊd/ n 1
a way between
places, esp one
with a prepared
surface which
vehicles can use
street /stri’t/ n
1 a public road in
a city, town or
village with
houses and
buildings on one
side or both
sides
track /træk/ n

1 a line or series
of marks left by
a moving vehicle,
person, animal,
etc 2 a path or
rough road
way /weɪ/ n 1
[C] a place for
walking,
travelling, etc
along; a path,
road, street, etc
2 [C usu sing] a
route, road, etc
taken in order to
reach a place
In a town or city, STREET is the most general word for a road lined with
buildings. In British English STREET is not used for roads outside towns but
streets in town are also often called ROAD. An AVENUE is usually a wide
street lined with trees. In older American cities STREETS often run across
AVENUES. An ALLEY or a LANE is a narrow street between buildings.
ROADS, or HIGHWAYS in American English, connect towns and villages.
MOTORWAYS in British English (FREEWAYS, EXPRESSWAYS or
HIGHWAYS in American English) are built for long-distance traffic to avoid
towns. A LANE is also a narrow road in the country. It can also refer to one
of the sections of a wide road that is marked for a single line of traffic to use.
Runners in an athletics stadium run in individual LANES. The especially
prepared area used for running is called the TRACK. HIGHWAY is not used
very often in British English except in certain official phrases. ROAD,
STREET and AVENUE are the most common words used in street names and

are often written as Rd, St and Ave. A PATH or FOOTPATH is a narrow way
marked out for people to walk along, between houses in a town, or across
fields, besides rivers, etc in the country. A TRACK is a rough path in the
country that has been formed by people, animals or vehicles constantly using
it. A train also travels along a TRACK.
KEY TO EXERCISES
Fill in with a suitable word in the context, based on
the above definitions:
Avenue
Boulevard
lane
road
tracks
path
way
street/road
lane – highway/motorway/freeway
road
streets
way
Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the
sentences:
way
avenue
highway
path
boulevard
lanes
road/street
tracks